Railroad-tie.



QPATENTED NOV. 20, 1906. E. DE W. PEUGH.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 10. 1906.

witness w W m m same time securing UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

EDlVlN DE W. PEUGH, OF HUBDLAND, MlSSOURl.

RAILROAD-TEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed April 10,1906. Serial No) 310,973.

or similar fastening devices for securing rails to the ties.

The invention includes peculiar rail-attaching means for securing therails to tie, which securing means is of such a substantial nature as toadmit, if desired, of dispensing with the usual fish-plates and bolts orfastenings customarily provided to connect meeting ends of rails.

The invention resides also in other details end of said of construction,which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter.

For a full understanding of the invention and themerits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means forefieoting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is tie embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through thetie, rails in position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line X Xof Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the wedge.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin descriptionand indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the tie, which is preferably ofmetallic construction and formed to provide a hollow bodyopen at thebottom thereof and closed at the ends, as shown at 2. The body of thetie, by reason of struction, is adapted to receive the ballast materialof the road-bed and is consequently more substantially held in position,affording a more rigid and firm bearing than is constituted by theordinary wooden ties, at the incident to the use of the latter.

The top of the tie is provided with railseats 3, transversely thereof,and at one end of each seat 3 is located an integral upwardly-projectingWing 4, adapted to engage of the above 1 tymeto obviate the necessityfor use of spikes g- EDWIN DE W. PEUGH,

vided for each of the wings correspond the ertured so clamp member 6 theabove-mentioned conthe necessary resiliency the rails 5 and support thesame at one side, a removable clamping member 6 being pro- 4 tocooperate therewith in supporting the rails and rigidly securing thelatter to the tie. The members 6 are of peculiar formation, having theouter extremities thereof beveled, as shown at 7, to

with the upwardly and outwardly beveled end of the seat 3, in which eachclamp member is arranged. The clamp members 6 are each provided with alug projeoting from the under side thereof and ex- E tending through avertical opening 8 1n the top of the tie. This lug 9 is transverselyapas to receive a wedge 10, passing transversely through suitableopenings in opposite sides of the tie 1. The wedge 10 is adapted to bemoved longitudinally or transversely with reference to the tie by meansof a nut 1l,'which is screwed upon a threaded wedge and bears against aspring 12, arranged between said nut and the adjacent side of the tie 1.The lug 9 of each inclines downwardly toward the member 4 adjacent, andthus as the wedge 10, which cooperates with the clamp member 6, isadjusted the downward pressure exerted thereby will tend to force theengaging end of such clamp member 6 hard against the exerting a lateralpressure to force said clamp member against the side of the rail tofacilitate the rigidity of the latter in an obvious manner. The beveledend 7 of each clamp member 6 also tends to force the clamp mem berlaterally toward the adjacent wing 4 when the wedge 10 is being adjustedto exert a downward pressure upon such clamp mem ber. It will be obviousthat rails held in place by ties and clamping means embodying theinvention are more rigidly secure than those most commonly in use at thepresent time, and, furthermore, the advantages of the invention wherebya structure is secured admitting of quick removal and attachment ofeither the rails or ties are very apparent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Incombination, a railway-tie of hollow construction, rail-supporting wingsprojecting upwardly from the top of the tie, said tie being provided inits top with rail-seats to receive the basal portions of rails, clampmembers cooperatin with the wings and disposed on top of the tie, lugsprojecting downwardly from the clamp members andpassing base of therail, at the same time through Vertical openings in the top of the tieand inclining toward the wings aforesaid, said lugs having trensVerseopenings theretbrough, Wedges passing transversely through the oppositesides ofthe tie and the openings of the lugs aforesaid, nuts screwedupon ends ofthe Wedges to adjust the same in the manner specified, andsprings inter-v posed between the nuts and the adjacent side of the tie.In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.i EDWIN DE N. PEUGH. [L. s.] Witnesses I S. QSURRY, ML E. CHRISTOPHER.

